 | 1809 - 382 σελίδες
...we diligently cleared it. Thence I formed the brightest hopes. And yet a Russian maid disdains me. I know how to perform eight exercises. I fight with...I am skilled in swimming. I glide along the ice on scate;. I excel in darting the lance. I am dextrous at the oar. And yet a Russian maid disdains me.... | |
 | 1817 - 552 σελίδες
...them iheir favourite study. But no account is taken of these matters at the examinations for degrees. Harold says, in the five pieces of Runic poetry, p. 78, "I know how to perform eight exercises: 1 fight with courage; I keep a firm scat on horseback; I am skilled in Bwrmniing; 1 glide along the... | |
 | John Fitzgerald Pennie - 1832 - 590 σελίδες
...courage and address they had shown in war, and in their military exercises.'—North. Antiq., vol. i. ' I know how to perform eight exercises: I fight with...in darting the lance ; I am dexterous at the oar; and yet a Russian maid disdains me!'— Complaint of Harold. King, warrior, pirate, and poet were often... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1875 - 612 σελίδες
...Stentor, that stout-lined "Complaint" of the Icelandic Harold, adapting it oddly to a familiar air: "I know how to perform eight exercises. I fight with...excel in darting the lance. I am dexterous at the oar. And yet a Russian maid disdains me." The last line he gave with an explosive crescendo, adding an obligate... | |
 | John Frederick Lewis - 1895 - 100 σελίδες
...the North; and Harold, in the poem called the “Complaint” says: “I know how to perform t¿çht exercises: I fight with courage; I keep a firm seat on horseback; I am skilled in swimnnzing; I glide along the ice on skates; I excel in darting the lance; I am dexterous at the oar,... | |
 | Robert Munro - 1897 - 436 σελίδες
...accomplishments of the North, of the highest character. Harold, in the poem called his " Complaint," says : " I know how to perform eight exercises. I fight with...excel in darting the lance ; I am dexterous at the oar ; and yet a Russian maid disdains me." ... In the twenty-fourth table of the Edda skating is thus 298... | |
 | Robert Munro - 1897 - 428 σελίδες
...accomplishments of the North, of the highest character. Harold, in the poem called his " Complaint," says: " I know how to perform eight exercises. I fight with...excel in darting the lance; I am dexterous at the oar; and yet a Russian maid disdains me." ... In the twenty-fourth table of the Edda skating is thus spoken... | |
 | Robert Munro - 1897 - 426 σελίδες
...accomplishments of the North, of the highest character. Harold, in the poem called his " Complaint," says: " I know how to perform eight exercises. I fight with...excel in darting the lance; I am dexterous at the oar; and yet a Eussian maid disdains me." ... In the twenty-fourth table of the Edda skating is thus spoken... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 448 σελίδες
...was, I left their young king dead in the fight: And yet a Russian maid disdains me. Well do I know the eight exercises: I fight with courage, I keep a firm seat on horseback, And skilled am I in swimming. Along the ice glide I on skates, I excel in darting the lance, I am dexterous... | |
 | Frank Edgar Farley - 1903 - 272 σελίδες
...-but we diligently cleared it Thence I formed the brightest hopes. And yet a Russian maid disdains me. I know how to perform eight exercises. I fight with...horseback. I am skilled in swimming. I glide along the John Pinkerton put into English for him. This fragment, Thorkelin states in his preface (p. vii) was... | |
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Harold says, in the five pieces of Runic poetry, p. 78, "I know how to perform eight exercises: I fight with courage: I keep a firm seat on horseback: I am skilled in swimming: I glide along the ice on skates : I excel in darting the lance: I am dexterous... 